Lancaster's depth tested at relays

Event is 49-year-old tradition

6:07 AM,
Apr. 27, 2013

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Friday's track meet at Lancaster was not your typical competition. Most of the marquee events - the 100-meter dash, 300 hurdles and 1,600, for example - were not run.

Instead, the Fulton Relays, a 49-year-old Lancaster tradition, turns each event - from 100 hurdles to the high jump - into relay events. Five of the nine track events, such as the middle medley relay which features two 800-meter and two 400-meter legs, are not staged in the postseason.

Still, Lancaster boys coach Jeff Koksal said Friday's competition was good preparation for the rest of the Golden Gales' season. ...